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The Texas Veterans Land Board, also known as VLB, is part of the Texas General Land Office. Created by the Texas Legislature in 1946, the board was established to make land available to veterans returning from World War II. Today, the organization finances land, home loans and home improvement loans for Texas veterans and active military ...
The Veterans Land Board Scandal was a political scandal in Texas in that became public in 1954. The Texas Legislature enacted the Veterans Land Act in November 1946 which created the Texas Veterans Land Board as a division of the General Land Office (GLO). The measure called for issuing $25 million in bonds, the proceeds of which would be used ...
Bascom Giles. James Bascom Giles (September 21, 1900 – July 7, 1993) was an American politician who was the Texas Land Commissioner from 1939 to 1955. Implicated in the Veterans' Land Board scandal, he gave up his office and served three years in prison.
The facility, located at 4614 E. 50th St., will be the fifth Texas state veterans cemetery built and run by the Texas Veterans Land Board — the first in more than a decade. Currently, the ...
“Texas is particularly beneficial for Veterans, especially those with a 100% disability rating,” said Jasmine Lee-Hall, senior paralegal at Cameron Firm, PC. “The property tax exemption is a ...
Aug. 15—AUSTIN — Texas Land Commissioner and Texas Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham announced Thursday that the Lamun-Lusk-Sanchez Texas State Veterans Home (TSVH) in ...
May 12, 1986. The Texas State Cemetery (TSC) is a cemetery located on about 22 acres (8.9 ha) just east of downtown Austin, the capital of the U.S. state of Texas. Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.
Texas Roadhouse: The restaurant offers active-duty military, veteran, and retired military members a choice between dining in or receiving a meal voucher from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veterans will ...